Holder for toilet tissue rolls or the like



Jan. 4, 1966 M. D. PITCHER 3,227,386

HOLDER FOR TOILET TISSUE ROLLS OR THE LIKE Filed Jan. 16, 1963 INVENTOR Maurie-e .D- F f ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,227,386 HOLDER FOR TOILET TISSUE ROLLS OR THE LIKE Maurice Dean Pitcher, 5816 Haughey Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Filed Jan. 16, 1963, Ser. No. 251,820 2. Claims. (Cl. 242-552) The present invention relates to a holder for toilet tissue rolls or the like.

The primary objects of the invention are to provide a holder for rolls of toilet tissue, hand toweling or other roll stock which is simple, sturdy and economical in construction, efi'icient in use, and attractive in appearance.

Illustrative embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of one form of the new holder attached to a vertical wall;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the same with a roll of toilet tissue mounted thereon;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention;

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the holder seen in FIGURE 3 with a roll of toilet tissue mounted thereon;

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of another modified form of the invention;

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of the holder seen in FIGURE 5 with a roll of toilet tissue mounted thereon;

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of still another modification of the invention; and

FIGURE 8 is a perspective view of the holder seen in FIGURE 7 with a roll of toilet tissue mounted thereon.

Referring now in detail to these drawings and referring first to FIGURES 1 and 2 of the drawing, the toilet tissue holder there shown comprises a fiat, circular metal mounting plate 10 provided with spaced apertures through which are passed fastening means 11 such as screws for securing the mounting plate to a vertical wall 12. A length of rod stock bent to U-shaped form has its opposite ends secured as by resistance welding to the mounting plate 10. The legs 13 of the U-shaped rod stock project horizontally outwardly from the mounting plate 10 in horizontally spaced parallelism and are connected at their outer ends by the bight portion 14 of the U-shaped rod stock. As here shown this outer bight portion 14 is turned slightly upwardly for maintaining a roll 15 of toilet tissue in proper, turnable position on the legs of the rod stock as seen in FIGURE 2.

As seen in FIGURES 3 and 4, the mounting plate 20 is of L-shaped form having one arm 21 thereof adapted for attachment to a vertical wall 22 as by means of screws 23, and having its other arm 24 extending outwardly from one end of the arm 21.- A length of rod stock bent to U-shaped form has its opposite ends secured as by resistance welding to the outwardly extending arm 24 of the mounting plate 20. The legs 25 of the U-shaped rod stock project outwardly from the arm 24 in horizontally spaced parallelism and in substantial parallelism with the wall 22. The outer ends of the legs 25 are connected by the bight portion 26 of the U-shaped rod stock, said bight portion 26 being turned slightly upwardly for maintaining a roll 27 of toilet tissue in proper, turnable position on the holder, as seen in FIGURE 4.

In the modified form of the invention seen in FIGURES 5 and 6, the mounting plate 30 is of flat, generally rectangular form and is shown attached to a vertically dis- 3,227,386 Patented Jan. 4, 1966 posed wall 31 as by means of screws 32. A length of rod stock is here shown bent to form legs 33 which are secured as by resistance welding to the lower part of the mounting plate 30 and project outwardly therefrom. In this modification the rod stock has body portions 34 which project upwardly from the outer ends of the legs 33 and which are connected at their upper ends by the bight portion 35 of the rod stock. The body portions 34 are adapted to turnably receive a roll 36 of toilet tissue as seen in FIGURE 6, said roll 36 being supported thereon by the legs 33 of the rod stock.

FIGURES 7 and 8 show still another modified form of the invention in which the mounting plate 40 is of L- shaped form having an arm 41 adapted for attachment to a vertical wall 42 as by means of screws 43, and an arm 44 extending outwardly from the lower end of the arm 41. A length of rod stock is here shown bent to inverted U-shape to provide legs 45 which are secured to and project upwardly from the outwardly extending arm 44 of the mounting plate 40, and which are connected at their upper ends by the bight portion 46 of the U-shaped rod stock. FIGURE 8 shows a roll 47 of toilet tissue turnably mounted on the rod stock and supported by the outwardly extending arm 44 of the mounting plate 40.

It will thus be seen that the several forms of the invention herein disclosed provide toilet tissue holders which are novel, simple and economical in manufacture, easy to use, and attractive in appearance, and while but several specific embodiments of the invention have been herein shown and described, it will be understood that other embodiments might be conceived which fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A holder for a tissue roll or the like having a centrally located cylindrical hole, comprising: a mounting plate adapted for attachment to a vertical wall; a length of rod stock having a first end portion bent to U-shape and having its opposite end portion secured to said mounting plate; said rod stock of said first end portion including a pair of legs projecting outwardly from the mounting plate in horizontally spaced parallelism for being received by said cylindrical hole to turnably mount thereon a tissue roll or the like; the legs of said U-shaped rod stock of said first end portion being located on a horizontal plane, said legs being spaced a distance less than the diameter of said hole so that the said roll rests on said legs at points located along a chord of the peripheral circle defined by said hole whereby the weight of said roll exerted downwardly on said legs is operative to effect a braking action which prevents free reeling of said roll on said holder.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the said first free end is bent upwardly from said horizontal plane to aid in retaining the roll on said holder.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 904,598 11/1908 Besse 242-1303 1,575,129 3/1926 Schenck 242-139 2,240,109 4/ 1941 Baldwin et a1 24255.2 2,707,595 5/1955 Brown 242-55.2 2,797,059 6/1957 Uhrin 248-290 MERVIN STEIN, Primary Examiner.

DONALD W. PARKER, Examiner. 

1. A HOLDER FOR A TISSUE ROLL OR THE LIKE HAVING A CENTRALLY LOCATED CYLINDRICAL HOLE, COMPRISING: A MOUNTING PLATE ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO A VERTICAL WALL; A LENGTH OF ROD STOCK HAVING A FIRST END PORTION BENT TO U-SHAPED AND HAVING ITS OPPOSITE END PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE; SAID ROD STOCK OF SAID FIRST END PORTION INCLUDING A PAIR OF LEGS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE MOUNTING PLATE IN HORIZONTALLY SPACED PARALLELISM FOR BEING RECEIVED BY SAID CYLINDRICAL HOLE TO TURNABLY MOUNT THEREON A TISSUE ROLL OR THE LIKE; THE LEGS OF SAID U-SHAPED ROD STOCK OF SAID FIRST END PORTION BEING LOCATED ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE, SAID LEGS BEING SPACED A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID HOLE SO THAT THE SAID ROLL RESTS ON SAID LEGS AT POINTS LOCATED ALONG A CHORD OF THE PERIPHERAL CIRCLE DEFINED BY SAID HOLE WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF SAID ROLL EXERTED DOWNWARDLY ON SAID LEGS IS OPERATIVE TO EFFECT A BRAKING ACTION WHICH PREVENTS FREE REELING OF SAID ROLL ON SAID HOLDER. 